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Security for the
customer and Unique SIMs |
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We at Unique SIMs take
security seriously, and
maintain the following. |
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Personal information
submitted to us: Privacy
and Data Protection |
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Your personal
information submitted to
us in the form of emails
is private and secure
and will not be used for
any other purpose or
sold to a third party
marketing, data or other
type of business. |
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If you are signed up to
our mailing list, from
time to time we may send
you emails, but we will
never send you an email
requesting your security
information, personal
details or credit/debit
card details. Emails and
or pop-ups do circulate
posing to be from banks
or other financial
institutions asking you
to submit your personal
details, we will never
do this. |
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Unique SIMs complies
with all the principles
of data protection set
out by the government,
for further information
please visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk. |
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Safe and secure
online purchasing at
Unique SIMs |
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appreciate that internet
shopping for some people
can still be seen as a
risky way to purchase a
product, so we have
implemented several
payment
gateways/facilities to
put your mind at ease. |
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not process the payments
ourselves; this is done
entirely through
independent third party
payment companies, which
are listed below: |
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| We use
two different types of
third party payment
gateways, so you have
the freedom of choice
(and hopefully one you
will recognise and trust
to use to pay us
through.) |
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note: if you have any
pop-up blockers (to
prevent unsolicited
pop-up box advertising)
please set it to ‘allow
uniquesims.com’ or
disable before
proceeding, to allow the
payment gateway to open
in a secure, new window. |
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| If you
do attempt to purchase a
number and upon
submitting the form, do
not see another browser
window open, (your
pop-up blocker has
prevented the payment
site from opening) the
number will be reserved
on the site, and will
prevent any further
attempts to purchase it
until it is released by
our web developers. |
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Protx Payment Gateway
& Halifax Bank of
Scotland (HBOS) |
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Our primary payment
facility is provided by
Protx, this is a
powerful and secure card
processing facility for
online ecommerce
websites, our merchant
is provided by HBOS
Merchant Services, the
combination of the two
employs a secure server
that implements secure
socket layer technology
(SSL), that keeps your
payment and personal
details protected when
ordering on-line. which
supports ‘verified by
Visa’ and MasterCard
secure code’ which are
further security
measures that can be
taken to prevent
unauthorised use of your
card. |
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Every single transaction
that is processed by
Protx / HBOS is subject
to stringent checks by
their fraud control
systems, as well as
Unique SIMs having extra
fraud security in place
provided by HBOS that
checks all card details,
including billing
address, to validate the
authenticity and
validity of your payment
card and personal
details, as well as
indicators of possible
fraudulent use. |
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We can only post to the
cardholders billing
address. |
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Once you have filled out
your order details, you
will be navigated away
from the Unique SIMs
website, and you will be
taken onto the secure
Protx payment
page/website. You may
notice if you look at
your URL (address) bar
on your browser window
that http:// has now
changed to https://
showing you are now on a
completely secure site.
Sometimes you may see a
small icon that denotes
a padlock on the bottom
of your screen, showing
that you are now in a
secure environment or
‘Secure Mode’ depending
on your internet browser
used. |
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What is ‘Secure
mode’? |
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Web browsers such as
Internet Explorer and
Firefox support ‘secure
mode’ and standard
security protocols. They
can warn you if the site
you are about to view if
secure or unsecure, by
alerting you prior to
entering any details,
usually by way of a
message box popping up,
and you can choose how
to proceed from here.
When you reach our
checkout pages, your
browser will go into
secure mode, displaying
either the ‘s’ in
‘https’, or the small
padlock on the grey bar
at the bottom of your
display, before entering
any personal or payment
details. This means that
all of your information
being sent across the
internet is now
encrypted with 128-bit
encryption which our
website supports, which
literally means your
information now has
millions of code
combinations that are
virtually impossible to
break, protecting the
transaction and keeping
your card details safe
from being viewed by
anyone else. We do not
hold any of this
information nor do we
have access to it. |
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Please note: For
Payments that are in
excess of £1000.00 you
may need to contact your
card issuing company
prior to purchase, to
let them know to expect
an online payment from
Unique SIMs, so they can
remove any on-line fraud
shield on your card,
which is in place to
protect you as the
customer from potential
fraudulent activity. |
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Paypal |
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The alternative option
with which to take
payments is Paypal, of
which we are Verified /
Confirmed Business
members (Paypal have
checked and verified all
of our business
details). |
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Paypal is a widely used
method of safe secure
internet payments. If
you choose to use this
method, you will notice
that it displays
https:// in the URL bar
to show that it is
secure, as well as the
locked padlock in the
bottom of your browser
window (click to verify)
and also their own
security message and
padlock in the top right
hand corner of the
screen. |
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You do not need a Paypal
account to pay us
through; you can simply
pay us using it without
first having to register
for an account. For
further details, please
see www.paypal.co.uk.
And look for the "one
time payment" option. |
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There is no extra charge
for using Protx or
Paypal. |
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For further details on
any of our payment
facilities, please see
their respective
websites or click on
their logos on the main
site. |
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Secure card payments
over the phone |
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We accept credit and
debit card payments made
over the telephone. All
of the payments to us
are processed via our
‘online secure payment
gateway’ system, also
provided by Protx, for
your peace of mind. |
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Advanced Features |
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- This means that
all card details are
checked and verified
with the issuing
bank
- The billing
address and postcode
for the card is also
checked, as is the
main account holders
name/company name
- Checks and
verifies the card
security digits,
found on the reverse
of the card (last 3
digits on the
signature strip),
impossible to use
without the correct
numbers
- This prevents
you from any
unauthorised use of
your card, and also
protects us from
potential fraud.
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This system has proven
to be far safer than a
standard PDQ machine
employed by the majority
of companies. |
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Please note: All of your
card details provided to
protx are destroyed
immediately after use. |
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Other accepted
payment methods |
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We also accept: |
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- Business and
personal cheques
- Credit and debit
cards
- Postal orders
- BACS
- CHAPS
- Cash paid into
our business account
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For our protection |
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For our security and to
ensure service quality,
phone calls may be
recorded. |
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All calls to Unique SIMs
are charged at local
rate. |
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If you have any
questions or queries
please do not hesitate
to contact us: |
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tel: 08450 00 00 77 |
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email:
info@uniquesims.com |
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